The mathematical ievvel : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585.

Author/creator Blagrave, John
Format Electronic
Publication InfoImprinted at London : by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]
Description[12], 124 p., [2] plates, folded table : ill. (woodcuts)
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Variant title Mathematical jewel
Variant title Margarita mathematica
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteThe "plates" are similar woodcuts with recto title "Margarita mathematica"; one verso title is "The mathematicall ievvell", the other "The reete".
General noteSignatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]² A-P⁴ Q² .
General noteIncludes index.
General noteL copy, reel 2021, minus H4.
General noteReproduction of original in the British Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 3119
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2021:10)
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